While we patiently waited for Penelope this weekend, Matt and I sprung into more nesting action to finish off a few projects that had been lingering. He put the final coat of paint on our laundry room cabinets and installed the hardware for them which means that our laundry room is officially finished.
Here are some before and afters from when we first bought the house. The projects in this room included ripping out lower cabinets and countertop, moving the extra fridge to the basement, tearing down old wallpaper, putting up new wallpaper, painting cabinets, running water and electricity for the washer and dryer, installing a new floor, installing beadboard on the walls and ceiling and putting in crown molding & chair rail.
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I’m so pleased with how it all turned out, which is a tribute to how good Matt is at actually creating what I have in my mind. As you know, I love doing laundry, but probably because of my adorable laundry room and its convenient location right off my kitchen. We’ve started parking our cars in the backyard now, so this is becoming our main entrance and has been really functional so far. I’m also seeing via the picture that it’s time to take out the recycling.
We also tackled a project this weekend that we had been wanting to do for years. I had inherited an old beat up bookshelf that my grandfather built years and years ago. It had been sitting in my parents basement for a while holding cans of paint, so it was in pretty rough condition. This weekend we sanded it down and put a few fresh coats of black paint on it giving it new life. Then last night Matt hauled up the boxes of books we’ve had in storage for a year now, and I organized them on the bookshelf. With my new zest for reading, we’re both tickled pink that our books are finally accessible. Although we realized we need about 2 more shelves of the same size.
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Matt’s currently down in the basement putting the second coat of paint on a coffee table he built years ago, which is getting a new life in our newly finished den upstairs. The den and guest room are slowly coming together, so I’ll have pictures of those perhaps later this week if Penny Cate is still snoozin at the wheel.
Feels good to be finishing up some of these things and finally moving into our house.
June 21st, 2010 at 2:10 pm
looks awesome!! i love the hooks in the laundry room.
June 21st, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Love the duck bookends
June 21st, 2010 at 2:56 pm
wow! i want you to come and redo MY laundry room … and i’ll help by holding the baby
June 21st, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Where is that baby? The 4th trimester is so not as fun as the rest. These all look really great. My bookshelves have become toy and craft storage so I’m jealous of your books on a shelf.
I would have moved the recycling into another room for picture staging – so people think I’m some kind of super-phenomenal housekeeper.
and what in the world was up with that room before?? a laundry room makes so much more sense.
June 21st, 2010 at 8:31 pm
looks terrific! all of it. Projects!!
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:34 pm
LOVE it all! That’s one skill that Matt possess that I wish J had, word-working! I myself love to work with my hands and power tools (did I tell you about my excitement last February when I bought my very own jigsaw?!) but still lack any knowledge whatsoever regarding blue prints and how things are “actually” supposed to go together.
Great job Matt!
June 24th, 2010 at 7:23 am
The baby is the most important project to finish. I want pictures!!!